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| years_active = 1972–present
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| spouse = Vanessa Lill
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'''Denis Lill''' (born 22 April 1942) is a New Zealand-born British actor. He is best known for his roles in ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'' as Charles Vaughan, ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' as Alan Parry, ''[[Outside Edge (television series)|Outside Edge]]'' as Dennis Broadley and as Consultant General Surgeon Mr Rose in the [[ITV1]] medical drama ''[[The Royal]]''.
'''Denis Lill''' (born 22 April 1942) is a New Zealand-born British actor. He is best known for his roles in ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'' as Charles Vaughan, ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' as Alan Parry, ''[[Outside Edge (television series)|Outside Edge]]'' as Dennis Broadley and as Consultant General Surgeon Mr Rose in the [[ITV1]] medical drama ''[[The Royal]]''.
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Lill joined the [[Royal New Zealand Air Force|RNZAF]] as a 13&ndash;course BES cadet entrant in 1959. It was in the RNZAF that he first expressed an interest in amateur dramatics and a fondness for mimicking characters of the BBC's ''The Goon Show''. Throughout his air force career, he involved himself in operatic and theatric productions.<ref>{{cite journal|title=From Airman to Actor|journal=RAF News|date=15 July 2016|issue=1399|location=RnR page 8|issn=0035-8614}}</ref> He left New Zealand for Britain in 1967.<ref name=":0" />
Lill joined the [[Royal New Zealand Air Force|RNZAF]] as a 13&ndash;course BES cadet entrant in 1959. It was in the RNZAF that he first expressed an interest in amateur dramatics and a fondness for mimicking characters of the BBC's ''The Goon Show''. Throughout his air force career, he involved himself in operatic and theatric productions.<ref>{{cite journal|title=From Airman to Actor|journal=RAF News|date=15 July 2016|issue=1399|location=RnR page 8|issn=0035-8614}}</ref> He left New Zealand for Britain in 1967.<ref name=":0" />


Some of his many film and television roles include ''[[Fall of Eagles]]'' (1974), ''[[Special Branch (TV series)|Special Branch]]'' (1974 series 4, ep12), ''[[Edward the Seventh]]'' (1975), ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'' (1975–77), ''[[The Eagle Has Landed (film)|The Eagle Has Landed]]'' (1976), ''[[Bad Blood (1981 film)|Bad Blood]]'' (1981), ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 film)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' (1982), as [[William Knox D'Arcy]], the Australian oil pioneer in Persia, in ''[[Reilly: Ace of Spies]]'' (1983), ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'' (1983–92), ''[[Mapp and Lucia (Channel 4 TV series)|Mapp and Lucia]]'' (1985–86), ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' (1989–92), [[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]], [[Red Dwarf]] (1 episode, 1990s) (1989),<ref>{{cite book|last1=Reinhart|first1=Mark S|title=The Batman Filmography|date=2012|publisher=McFarland & Co|location=North Carolina|isbn=978-0-7864-6891-1|page=99|edition=2|chapter=8: Barman 1989}}</ref> ''[[Bernard and the Genie]]'' (1991), ''[[Richard III (1995 film)|Richard III]]'' (1995), ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]'' (1996),<ref>{{cite web|title=Denis Lill|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0e65b00|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005211421/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0e65b00|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 October 2016|website=BFI Film Forever|access-date=21 September 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Opium War (film)|The Opium War]]'' (1997), ''[[Rebecca (1997 TV series)|Rebecca]]'' (1997) ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' (2002) and ''[[The Royal]]'' (2003-2011).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sowden|first1=Steve|title=Well-known actor at church fete at Montacute House|url=http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/9049606.Well_known_actor_at_church_fete_at_Montacute_House/|access-date=21 September 2016|work=This is the West Country|date=1 June 2011}}</ref>
Some of his many film and television roles include ''[[Fall of Eagles]]'' (1974), ''[[Special Branch (TV series)|Special Branch]]'' (1974 series 4, ep12), ''[[Edward the Seventh]]'' (1975), ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'' (1975–77), ''[[The Eagle Has Landed (film)|The Eagle Has Landed]]'' (1976), ''[[Bad Blood (1981 film)|Bad Blood]]'' (1981), ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 film)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' (1982), as [[William Knox D'Arcy]], the Australian oil pioneer in Persia, in ''[[Reilly: Ace of Spies]]'' (1983), ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'' (1983–92), ''[[Mapp and Lucia (Channel 4 TV series)|Mapp and Lucia]]'' (1985–86), ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' (1989–92), ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'' (1989),<ref>{{cite book|last1=Reinhart|first1=Mark S|title=The Batman Filmography|date=2012|publisher=McFarland & Co|location=North Carolina|isbn=978-0-7864-6891-1|page=99|edition=2|chapter=8: Barman 1989}}</ref> ''[[Bernard and the Genie]]'' (1991), ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' ([[Gunmen of the Apocalypse|1 episode]], 1993), ''[[Richard III (1995 film)|Richard III]]'' (1995), ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]'' (1996),<ref>{{cite web|title=Denis Lill|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0e65b00|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005211421/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0e65b00|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 October 2016|website=BFI Film Forever|access-date=21 September 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Opium War (film)|The Opium War]]'' (1997), ''[[Rebecca (1997 TV series)|Rebecca]]'' (1997) ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' (2002) and ''[[The Royal]]'' (2003-2011).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sowden|first1=Steve|title=Well-known actor at church fete at Montacute House|url=http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/9049606.Well_known_actor_at_church_fete_at_Montacute_House/|access-date=21 September 2016|work=This is the West Country|date=1 June 2011|archive-date=15 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915023122/http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/9049606.Well_known_actor_at_church_fete_at_Montacute_House/|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Lill twice appeared in the [[BBC]]'s [[science fiction]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]'': as Dr Fendelman in the 1977 serial ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]'' and as Sir George Hutchinson in 1984's ''[[The Awakening (Doctor Who)|The Awakening]]''. After a one-off appearance in the first series of [[Terry Nation|Terry Nation's]] post-apocalyptic drama ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'' as Charles Vaughan, he became the leading actor for the show's second and third series. Lill portrayed Bertie, the [[Prince of Wales]] and later [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Edward the VII]], in the 1978 period serial drama ''[[Lillie (TV series)|Lillie]]'' opposite [[Francesca Annis]] as [[Lillie Langtry]]. In 1980 he appeared in the role of Josef Merhart, a member of an [[organised crime]] syndicate involved in a [[silver bullion]] robbery in the hard-hitting British police drama ''[[The Professionals (TV series)|The Professionals]];'' the episode titled ''"Hijack".''
Lill twice appeared in the [[BBC]]'s [[science fiction]] series ''[[Doctor Who]]'': as Dr Fendelman in the 1977 serial ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]'' and as Sir George Hutchinson in 1984's ''[[The Awakening (Doctor Who)|The Awakening]]''. After a one-off appearance in the first series of [[Terry Nation|Terry Nation's]] post-apocalyptic drama ''[[Survivors (1975 TV series)|Survivors]]'' as Charles Vaughan, he became the leading actor for the show's second and third series. Lill portrayed Bertie, the [[Prince of Wales]] and later [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Edward the VII]], in the 1978 period serial drama ''[[Lillie (TV series)|Lillie]]'' opposite [[Francesca Annis]] as [[Lillie Langtry]]. In 1980 he appeared in the role of Josef Merhart, a member of an [[organised crime]] syndicate involved in a [[silver bullion]] robbery in the hard-hitting British police drama ''[[The Professionals (TV series)|The Professionals]];'' the episode titled ''"Hijack".''
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Latest revision as of 08:23, 20 November 2024

Denis Lill
Born (1942-04-22) 22 April 1942 (age 82)
Hamilton, New Zealand
OccupationActor
Years active1972–present
SpouseVanessa Lill
Children2

Denis Lill (born 22 April 1942) is a New Zealand-born British actor. He is best known for his roles in Survivors as Charles Vaughan, Only Fools and Horses as Alan Parry, Outside Edge as Dennis Broadley and as Consultant General Surgeon Mr Rose in the ITV1 medical drama The Royal.

Career

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Lill joined the RNZAF as a 13–course BES cadet entrant in 1959. It was in the RNZAF that he first expressed an interest in amateur dramatics and a fondness for mimicking characters of the BBC's The Goon Show. Throughout his air force career, he involved himself in operatic and theatric productions.[1] He left New Zealand for Britain in 1967.[2]

Some of his many film and television roles include Fall of Eagles (1974), Special Branch (1974 series 4, ep12), Edward the Seventh (1975), Survivors (1975–77), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Bad Blood (1981), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982), as William Knox D'Arcy, the Australian oil pioneer in Persia, in Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983), Rumpole of the Bailey (1983–92), Mapp and Lucia (1985–86), Only Fools and Horses (1989–92), Batman (1989),[3] Bernard and the Genie (1991), Red Dwarf (1 episode, 1993), Richard III (1995), Evita (1996),[4] The Opium War (1997), Rebecca (1997) Heartbeat (2002) and The Royal (2003-2011).[5]

Lill twice appeared in the BBC's science fiction series Doctor Who: as Dr Fendelman in the 1977 serial Image of the Fendahl and as Sir George Hutchinson in 1984's The Awakening. After a one-off appearance in the first series of Terry Nation's post-apocalyptic drama Survivors as Charles Vaughan, he became the leading actor for the show's second and third series. Lill portrayed Bertie, the Prince of Wales and later Edward the VII, in the 1978 period serial drama Lillie opposite Francesca Annis as Lillie Langtry. In 1980 he appeared in the role of Josef Merhart, a member of an organised crime syndicate involved in a silver bullion robbery in the hard-hitting British police drama The Professionals; the episode titled "Hijack".

In the 1990s he appeared in sitcoms Outside Edge as Dennis Broadley and Only Fools and Horses as Cassandra's father, Alan Parry.[2]

Lill appeared in the 1986 Sherlock Holmes adaptation of The Man with the Twisted Lip as Inspector Bradstreet, a character he played in two further Holmes adventures in 1988 & 1994. He also appeared as the drunken MP Sir Talbot Buxomly who died onscreen in an episode of Blackadder the Third and as the Beadle in Blackadder's Christmas Carol. He also appeared as Sir Reuben Astwell in "The Underdog" (1993) of the detective series Poirot. He appeared in Red Dwarf, playing a rogue simulant in "Gunmen of the Apocalypse", in Bertie and Elizabeth as Clement Attlee (2002) and from 2003 until 2011 Lill starred in the ITV1 drama The Royal as Consultant General Surgeon Mr. Rose. Lill has also worked in radio theatre with one of his memorable characters being the brother in Ron Blair's play The Christian Brothers. In 2014, he appeared in 24: Live Another Day.

In February 2016, Lill appeared in series 18 episode 4 " A Dying Art" of the ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders.

Lill appeared in Series 2 Episode 5 of "Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators" in March 2019.

Personal life

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Lill resides in Ryme Intrinseca, Dorset, with his wife Vanessa. They have two children.[6]

Selected filmography

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1974 Fall of Eagles Frederick III TV series
1975 Madame Bovary Rodolphe Boulanger TV series
1975−77 Survivors Charles Vaughan TV series
1976 The Eagle Has Landed Churchill's aide
1977 Full Circle Doctor
1978-1992 Rumpole of the Bailey Mr. Bernard TV series
1981 Bad Blood Ted Best
1982 The Scarlet Pimpernel Count de Tournay
1985 The Innocent Doctor
1988 Salome's Last Dance Tigellenus / Chilvers
1989 Batman Bob the Cartoonist
1993 Red Hot The Rector
1993 Agatha Christie’s Poirot Sir Reuben Astwell TV series
1995 Richard III Lord Mayor
1996 Evita President Farrell
1996 Element of Doubt Simon
1997 Fierce Creatures Woman's Husband
1997 Mrs Dalloway Doctor Holmes
1998 What Rats Won't Do Moot Master

References

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  1. ^ "From Airman to Actor". RAF News (1399). RnR page 8. 15 July 2016. ISSN 0035-8614.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ a b "Only Fools and Horses Uncovered". BBC. BBC. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. ^ Reinhart, Mark S (2012). "8: Barman 1989". The Batman Filmography (2 ed.). North Carolina: McFarland & Co. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-7864-6891-1.
  4. ^ "Denis Lill". BFI Film Forever. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. ^ Sowden, Steve (1 June 2011). "Well-known actor at church fete at Montacute House". This is the West Country. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  6. ^ "In the Hot Seat Denis Lill". Somerset Live. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
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